Process Software - PMDF OS Patches

Important OpenVMS Patches

There are several important OpenVMS ECO Kits (patches) which you should obtain and apply if you have not done so already. Public searchable list of OpenVMS ECO Kits are available at http://ftp.support.compaq.com/patches/.new/openvms.shtml. Contact HP to obtain these ECO Kits. You can also ask HP for a list of the recommended patches to apply to your version of OpenVMS.

Note that one critical set of these ECO Kits must be applied to each and every OpenVMS system in your cluster regardless of whether or not those systems run PMDF.

OpenVMS Version	ECO Kits
Alpha 7.3-1	VMS731_TDF-V0100
Alpha 7.3	VMS73_TDF-V0100
Alpha 7.1-2	VMS712_UPDATE03
	ALPBASE02_071 [3], [5]
Alpha 7.1-1	ALPRMS04_071, [3]
Alpha 6.2	ALPSYSA02_062 , ALPRMS04_062 [1], [2], [5]
	ALPLIBR07_062
Alpha 6.1	ALPLIBR02_061, ALPRMS04_061 [6]
Alpha 1.5	Not supported
VAX 6.0	Not supported
VAX 5.5-2	Not supported

Notes

[1] Alpha 6.2 -- ALPSYSA02_062;	Alpha 6.1 -- AXPSYS13_061
VAX 6.2 -- VAXSYSA02_062;	VAX 6.1 -- VAXSHAD09_061

fix a problem with the OpenVMS distributed resource lock manager which can lead to the corruption of files in your cluster. These patches must be applied to each and every OpenVMS 6.1 or 6.2 system in your cluster, regardless of whether or not those systems run PMDF. Problem being that a non-PMDF system may be mastering locks for critical files on a PMDF system. These bugs impact files which see a high rate of open/update/close operations such as the MAIL.LOG_CURRENT and queue cache database files.

[2] These patches fix bugs in the OpenVMS callable CONVERT utility. These bugs impact files such as the PMDF queue cache database when operated on by the DCL CONVERT/RECLAIM utility. In addition, these bugs can corrupt users' MAIL.MAI files operated on with VMS MAIL's PURGE/RECLAIM command when issued explicity by a user, or implicitly as part of "auto-purging" a WASTEBASKET folder.

[3] These patches correct a problem in the OpenVMS run-time library routine LIB$CVT_TO_INTERNAL_TIME. Without these patches, threaded applications using DECthreads will fail to work from May 19, 1997 onward.

[4] These patches fix OpenVMS bugs which can lead to the PMDF POP and IMAP servers hanging.

[5] These patches fix OpenVMS MAIL bugs which can lead to access violations and non-fatal SSRVEXCEPTION bug checks.

[6] VAX 6.1 -- VAXRMS04_061

There are other OpenVMS patches that are required by specific PMDF components. See the PMDF OpenVMS Installation Guide for more information.